Iron in food and its availability.

摘要: The iron stores of full-term, breast-fed infants become depleted by the age 6 months, but this may occur earlier when they are fed formula that is not fortified with iron. There a high requirement for iron, and therefore selection appropriate weaning foods critical at time. Continued consumption breast milk or iron-fortified formulas until one year will help maintain an adequate status, particularly in given diets low availability. Many dietary constituents affect availability inorganic from foods, most important ones case infant ascorbic acid haem both which enhance absorption majority commercially-prepared contain added acid, thereby providing sufficient absorbable growing infant. On other hand, results few studies have been carried out on suggest many unfortified vegetable cereal meals This can, however, be increased simultaneous intake fruit juices acid. recent advances made stable isotope methodology should facilitate infants, leading to better understanding foods.